Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Data Centre Manager
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Data Centre Manager
Location: Peterborough & Corby (Site Based)
Mitie are looking for an experienced Data Centre Manager to lead the operational delivery of a critical data centre portfolio supporting one of the UK's largest banking organisations.
This is a high-profile leadership role with accountability for multiple data centres, critical engineering infrastructure, operational performance, stakeholder management, and service excellence across a complex and highly regulated environment. The successful candidate will lead a team of Technical Managers and approximately 55-60 engineers, ensuring the safe and efficient operation of critical power, cooling, and M&E systems that support nationally important banking services.
Data Centre Experience Is Essential For This Position.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading the operational management of multiple data centres across Peterborough and Corby.
- Managing Technical Managers and a team of circa 55-60 engineers operating within a 24/7 critical environment.
- Taking overall responsibility for critical infrastructure including power, cooling, high voltage, and specialist M&E systems.
- Leading incident management, escalation processes, and root cause analysis activities.
- Managing KPIs, SLAs, compliance requirements, and operational performance.
- Maintaining strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and specialist technical teams.
- Overseeing project activity across the portfolio and ensuring minimal operational risk.
- Providing oversight of soft services including security, cleaning, and waste management within the integrated facilities management model.
About You
We're looking for a proven leader who can operate confidently within a highly critical environment and who understands the standards, controls, and stakeholder expectations associated with data centre operations.
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You Will Have
- Demonstrable experience in a Data Centre Manager or equivalent leadership role.
- Strong background within critical environments and mission-critical facilities.
- High voltage experience and an Authorised Person (AP) background.
- Experience managing large engineering teams across multiple sites.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at the senior level.
- A strong understanding of incident management, business continuity, and operational resilience.
- Experience managing budgets, commercial performance, KPIs, and SLAs.
- A hands-on leadership style and the ability to make informed decisions in a high-pressure environment.
Benefits
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
- We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
- We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
- When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment, or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
- We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms, and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
- Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
- We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
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Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Inclusion and Accessibility
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition, or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes, or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Marie Hyde at marie.hyde@mitie.com.
About Us
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites, as well as hospitals and schools.
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